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Online Sources[edit | edit source]

1813-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry, ($), index and images.
1878-1960 UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
1890-1960 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for New Zealand
1946-1971 Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records
France National Overseas Archives, New Hebrides (renamed Vanuatu)

British Overseas Subject[edit | edit source]

British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Malta, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Malta, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Malta, index and images, ($)

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

British In Ceylon Parish Records, index and images ($)
British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, index ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Sri Lanka, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Sri Lanka, index and images, ($)
British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)

Finding the Town of Origin in Sri Lanka[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Sri Lanka, see Sri Lanka Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Sri Lanka Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Immigration into Sri Lanka[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Sri Lanka[edit | edit source]

<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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References[edit | edit source]

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 *[[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]]
 *[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES '''France National Overseas Archives, New Hebrides (renamed Vanuatu)''']
+===British Overseas Subject===
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-*'''1850-1934''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/43289 Auswandererlisten, 1850-1934] (Hamburg passenger lists) at FamilySearch, images.
-*'''1850-1934''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934] at Ancestry, ($) index and images.
-*'''1855-1924''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1166 Hamburg Passenger Lists, Handwritten Indexes, 1855-1934] at Ancestry, ($) images.
-*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/hamburg-germany-emigrants Hamburg, Germany Emigrants] at FindMyPast, ($) index.
-The Hamburg passenger lists contain the names of millions of Europeans who departed Europe from Hamburg, Germany between 1850 and 1934 (except 1915–1919). Nearly one-third of Germans, and 90 percent of the people who emigrated from eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, Romania) during this time are included on these lists.
 *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british%20armed%20forces%20and%20overseas%20births%20and%20baptisms&country=malta&sid=999 British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Malta], index and images, ($)
 *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+banns+and+marriages&sid=103&country=malta British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Malta], index and images, ($)
 *[https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?datasetname=british+armed+forces+and+overseas+deaths+and+burials&sid=103&country=malta British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, Malta], index and images, ($)
 ==Offices and Archives to Contact==
+*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-in-ceylon-parish-records British In Ceylon Parish Records'',] index and images ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/british-civil-service-evidence-of-age?sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=Forebears&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_us&awc=5927_1504556704_d81f7994f510d95e3a906e2b23e30a1f&dclid=CIyRsL-ujNYCFQMQPwodqFkOmQ British Civil Service Evidence Of Age], index ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=sri%20lanka British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Sri Lanka], index and images, ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=sri%20lanka British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Sri Lanka], index and images, ($)
+*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index and images, ($)
 ==Finding the Town of Origin in Sri Lanka==
 If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Sri Lanka, see [[Sri Lanka Finding Town of Origin|'''Sri Lanka Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies.